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Construction Project Manager, HDD | Relocation to Germany 🇨🇦 🇩🇪
Are you a fluent German speaker with German citizenship and substantial experience in Horizontal Directional Drilling?
Our client, an established international infrastructure contractor, is looking for an experienced Construction Project Manager currently based in Canada who would consider relocating to Germany.
For the right person, relocation support for the successful candidate and their family can be discussed and arranged directly with the company.
This is a rare, permanent opportunity to apply your international HDD experience to complex energy and infrastructure projects across Germany.
The opportunity
As Project Manager, you will oversee HDD projects from planning and mobilisation through to successful completion, taking responsibility for operational delivery and commercial performance.
Your responsibilities will include
Planning and coordinating project activities, resources and site operations
Managing project schedules, budgets and commercial performance Leading project teams and coordinating subcontractors and suppliers Overseeing contracts, tenders, procurement and cost control Maintaining strong relationships with clients and project stakeholders Identifying and managing technical, operational and commercial risks Ensuring projects are delivered safely and to the required quality standards Resolving challenges and keeping project delivery on track
What we are looking for
Strong, in-depth HDD experience is essential for this position.
You should bring
Significant experience delivering Horizontal Directional Drilling projects
At least five years of project management experience within construction Experience managing project budgets, schedules, contracts, teams and resources Strong commercial awareness and knowledge of EPC project delivery Experience with estimating, tendering and procurement A degree in civil engineering or comparable technical qualifications and experience Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills Fluent German and strong professional English German citizenship A genuine willingness to relocate to Germany
Experience using iTWO, MS Project, Primavera P6 or similar project management systems would be beneficial.
Location
The position is based in Germany and involves regular travel to project sites across the country. Candidates do not need to be based near one specific office, provided they can travel to projects as required.
What is offered ✨
Base salary of approximately €90,000 to €120,000, with some flexibility depending on experience Relocation support for the successful candidate and their family Permanent, long-term employment Complex and technically challenging HDD projects Considerable project ownership and responsibility An international working environment Flexibility regarding where you establish your home in Germany
If you have developed strong HDD expertise in Canada and would consider relocating to Germany for the right long-term opportunity, we would be very interested in speaking with you.
Apply confidentially to learn more about the position and discuss the available relocation support.
Not the right fit? Search for Construction Project Manager, HDD jobs in Canada
About Solutions Driven
Solutions Driven is a Hiring Partner Built for Roles You Can’t Afford to Get Wrong.
Most organisations don’t have a talent shortage - they have a hiring risk and consistency problem. Hiring is still too often delivered through inconsistent processes, subjective decision-making, and models that lack true accountability. The result is predictable: nearly one in two hires fail within 18 months, slowing growth, increasing risk, and impacting performance.
We believe Hiring Deserves Better.
At Solutions Driven, we help organisations move from inconsistent hiring to predictable, right-first-time outcomes. Our approach is built around our Hiring Operating System - a human-led, data-informed framework designed to remove failure points, assess long-term fit, and deliver consistency at scale. This combines our 6S process for structured search, 6F methodology for predicting long-term success, and 6E framework for delivering performance across complex or high-volume hiring environments.
We apply this consistently across three core solutions:
Search for critical individual hires Exec for senior leadership and C-suite roles Embedded for organisations with ongoing or multi-region hiring needs
One partner. Every critical hire. Any model.
A key part of our approach is accountability. We don’t ask clients to absorb the risk - we share it. With 12–18 month guarantees and a 97% right-first-time hiring rate, our model is designed to deliver outcomes, not just activity. This isn’t confidence; it’s accountability, with real skin in the game.
We work globally across sectors where hiring matters most, including industrial and engineering, energy and infrastructure, life sciences, and advanced technology - environments where the cost of getting hiring wrong is high and the need for consistency is critical.
If hiring is critical to your business, it’s worth doing differently.
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About the role
Construction Project Manager, HDD | Relocation to Germany 🇨🇦 🇩🇪
Are you a fluent German speaker with German citizenship and substantial experience in Horizontal Directional Drilling?
Our client, an established international infrastructure contractor, is looking for an experienced Construction Project Manager currently based in Canada who would consider relocating to Germany.
For the right person, relocation support for the successful candidate and their family can be discussed and arranged directly with the company.
This is a rare, permanent opportunity to apply your international HDD experience to complex energy and infrastructure projects across Germany.
The opportunity
As Project Manager, you will oversee HDD projects from planning and mobilisation through to successful completion, taking responsibility for operational delivery and commercial performance.
Your responsibilities will include
Planning and coordinating project activities, resources and site operations
Managing project schedules, budgets and commercial performance Leading project teams and coordinating subcontractors and suppliers Overseeing contracts, tenders, procurement and cost control Maintaining strong relationships with clients and project stakeholders Identifying and managing technical, operational and commercial risks Ensuring projects are delivered safely and to the required quality standards Resolving challenges and keeping project delivery on track
What we are looking for
Strong, in-depth HDD experience is essential for this position.
You should bring
Significant experience delivering Horizontal Directional Drilling projects
At least five years of project management experience within construction Experience managing project budgets, schedules, contracts, teams and resources Strong commercial awareness and knowledge of EPC project delivery Experience with estimating, tendering and procurement A degree in civil engineering or comparable technical qualifications and experience Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills Fluent German and strong professional English German citizenship A genuine willingness to relocate to Germany
Experience using iTWO, MS Project, Primavera P6 or similar project management systems would be beneficial.
Location
The position is based in Germany and involves regular travel to project sites across the country. Candidates do not need to be based near one specific office, provided they can travel to projects as required.
What is offered ✨
Base salary of approximately €90,000 to €120,000, with some flexibility depending on experience Relocation support for the successful candidate and their family Permanent, long-term employment Complex and technically challenging HDD projects Considerable project ownership and responsibility An international working environment Flexibility regarding where you establish your home in Germany
If you have developed strong HDD expertise in Canada and would consider relocating to Germany for the right long-term opportunity, we would be very interested in speaking with you.
Apply confidentially to learn more about the position and discuss the available relocation support.
Not the right fit? Search for Construction Project Manager, HDD jobs in Canada
About Solutions Driven
Solutions Driven is a Hiring Partner Built for Roles You Can’t Afford to Get Wrong.
Most organisations don’t have a talent shortage - they have a hiring risk and consistency problem. Hiring is still too often delivered through inconsistent processes, subjective decision-making, and models that lack true accountability. The result is predictable: nearly one in two hires fail within 18 months, slowing growth, increasing risk, and impacting performance.
We believe Hiring Deserves Better.
At Solutions Driven, we help organisations move from inconsistent hiring to predictable, right-first-time outcomes. Our approach is built around our Hiring Operating System - a human-led, data-informed framework designed to remove failure points, assess long-term fit, and deliver consistency at scale. This combines our 6S process for structured search, 6F methodology for predicting long-term success, and 6E framework for delivering performance across complex or high-volume hiring environments.
We apply this consistently across three core solutions:
Search for critical individual hires Exec for senior leadership and C-suite roles Embedded for organisations with ongoing or multi-region hiring needs
One partner. Every critical hire. Any model.
A key part of our approach is accountability. We don’t ask clients to absorb the risk - we share it. With 12–18 month guarantees and a 97% right-first-time hiring rate, our model is designed to deliver outcomes, not just activity. This isn’t confidence; it’s accountability, with real skin in the game.
We work globally across sectors where hiring matters most, including industrial and engineering, energy and infrastructure, life sciences, and advanced technology - environments where the cost of getting hiring wrong is high and the need for consistency is critical.
If hiring is critical to your business, it’s worth doing differently.